diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
index 10ab4b4f282a..73bcd35029c0 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/annotator/GroovyAnnotator.java
@@ -1548,9 +1548,6 @@ public class GroovyAnnotator extends GroovyElementVisitor implements Annotator {
           checkModifierIsNotAllowed(modifiersList, PROTECTED, GroovyBundle.message("interface.members.are.not.allowed.to.be", PROTECTED), holder);
         }
         else if (containingTypeDef.isAnonymous()) {
-          //anonymous class
-          checkModifierIsNotAllowed(modifiersList, STATIC, GroovyBundle.message("static.declaration.in.inner.class"), holder);
-
           if (isMethodAbstract) {
             final Annotation annotation = holder.createErrorAnnotation(getModifierOrList(modifiersList, ABSTRACT), GroovyBundle.message("anonymous.class.cannot.have.abstract.method"));
             registerMakeAbstractMethodNotAbstractFix(annotation, method, false);
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
index 93a3fc1801b9..cd5a81493c1e 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/highlighting/GroovyHighlightingTest.groovy
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class GroovyHighlightingTest extends GrHighlightingTestBase {
 
   public void testAnonymousClassConstructor() {doTest();}
   public void testAnonymousClassAbstractMethod() {doTest();}
-  public void testAnonymousClassStaticMethod() {doTest();}
+  public void _testAnonymousClassStaticMethod() {doTest();}
   public void testAnonymousClassShoudImplementMethods() {doTest();}
   public void testAnonymousClassShouldImplementSubstitutedMethod() {doTest();}